Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Myanmar
Myanmar: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0096 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Myanmar, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Myanmar is 0.0096 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Myanmar peaked at 0.0114 ha per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 ha per person, in 1976.
Myanmar ranks 68th of 150 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0031 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0056 ha per person | +81.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0043 ha per person | -22.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0035 ha per person | -19.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0033 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0037 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0037 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0032 ha per person | -15.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0026 ha per person | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0025 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0028 ha per person | +12.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0028 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0028 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0027 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0026 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0025 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0026 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0031 ha per person | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0043 ha per person | +41.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0042 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0039 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0051 ha per person | +30.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0052 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0047 ha per person | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0043 ha per person | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0035 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0031 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0031 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0031 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0031 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0034 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0032 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.004 ha per person | +22.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0038 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0038 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0037 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0041 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0045 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0046 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0055 ha per person | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0058 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0061 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0062 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0067 ha per person | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0068 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0072 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0073 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0075 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0079 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0083 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0084 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0088 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.009 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0092 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0095 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0096 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0099 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0098 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0102 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0114 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0112 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0105 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0096 ha per person | -8.8% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 0.0096 ha per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0135 ha per person, 71% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 0.0096 ha per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0044 ha per person, 2.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Myanmar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +81.8% | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0036 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 0.0045 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0064 ha per person | 0.0046 ha per person | 0.0075 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0091 ha per person | 0.0079 ha per person | 0.0099 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0105 ha per person | 0.0096 ha per person | 0.0114 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 376.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6942 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Myanmar?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Myanmar was 0.0096 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0114 ha per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 ha per person in 1976.
- How does Myanmar rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
- Myanmar ranks 68th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.